Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Dirty Stayouts" by Shawn Mars

by Bob Makin - published 2023-08-18
"Dirty Stayouts" by veteran Jersey rocker Shawn Mars is the Makin Waves Song of the Week.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 08-18-23

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!

PHOTOS from "Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage!" at The Theater Project

by John Posada - published 2023-08-17
(MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- The Theater Project is presenting Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage! by Ken Davenport & Sarah Saltzberg from August 17-27, 2023 in Maplewood, NJ. With help from her assistant Paco and a few cooperative audience volunteers, Miss Abigail demonstrates flirtation techniques from 1940s and 50s how-to-find-romance handbooks to prove that "love can't be bought -- but it can be taught!" Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites....8/17/23

by Danny Coleman - published 2023-08-17
"That's right," laughed a very jovial Tommy Castro, "The record has been out for a while but it's summertime so we're hitting all of the spots. We've been to Europe a couple of times this year and that's where I'm at now, I'm calling you from Romania; we have a show here and then head back to the States for a private event in Minnesota, a festival in New Hampshire and the gig at Somers Point and The Iridium. We are just keeping busy and we'll finally be home in September and I'll get a chance to hang around my house and relax for a few weeks (laughs)."

Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival Returns to Salem County

by Zachary Klein, JerseyArts.com - published 2023-08-17
A tradition of more than 50 years returns to the Salem County Fairgrounds, located at 735 Harding Highway in Woodstown, this Labor Day Weekend. The Delaware County Bluegrass Festival has been held since 1972, and in South Jersey since the 1990s. This year's 51st annual festival will take place Sept. 1-3 and is sure to bring a jamming good time to all in attendance.  

Finding the Modern Spirit in Tradition: The Sculpture of Liu Shiming at Mason Gross Galleries

by Ilene Dube, JerseyArts.com - published 2023-08-17
From time to time, a wise thinker comes along, helping us contend with existential mysteries. Liu Shiming, celebrated as a sculptor in his native China, thinks and speaks like a philosopher. "You should look at life like a child does," he wrote in his diary in 1982. "When you take the perspective of an innocent child, all love and everything in life feels fresh and lovely."

MPAC presents Judy Collins and Madeleine Peyroux

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Enjoy a double bill of two of music's most acclaimed vocalists -- folk legend Judy Collins and jazz mainstay Madeleine Peyroux -- at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7:30pm. Tickets range from $49-$89.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 08-17-23

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!

Don McLean and Al Stewart LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

by Spotlight Central - published 2023-08-16
It's a sold-out house this Monday, August 7, 2023 at Ocean City, NJ's Ocean City Music Pier for a concert by American singer/songwriter Don McLean and Scottish singer/songwriter Al Stewart.